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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 31 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. G |
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| 10 | 10 | | ARBARINO (for himself, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. |
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| 11 | 11 | | M |
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| 12 | 12 | | ALLIOTAKIS, Mr. FEENSTRA, and Mr. NUNNof Iowa) introduced the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a |
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| 16 | 16 | | deportable offense, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Law en-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | forcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of 2025’’ or the ‘‘POLICE Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | end the following: 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(G) ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OF -1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | FICER.— 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | N GENERAL.—Any alien who has 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | been convicted of, who admits having com-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | mitted, or who admits committing acts 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | which constitute the essential elements of, 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | any offense involving assault of a law en-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | forcement officer is deportable. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(ii) C |
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| 40 | 40 | | IRCUMSTANCES.—The cir-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | cumstances referred to in clause (i) are 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | that the law enforcement officer was as-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | saulted— 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(I) while he or she was engaged 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | in the performance of his or her offi-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | cial duties; 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(II) because of the performance 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of his or her official duties; or 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(III) because of his or her sta-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tus as a law enforcement officer. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(iii) D |
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| 52 | 52 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subpara-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | graph— 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(I) the term ‘assault’ has the 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | meaning given that term in the juris-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | diction where the act occurred; and 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(II) the term ‘law enforcement 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | officer’ is a person authorized by 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | law— 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(aa) to engage in or super-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | vise the prevention, detention, in-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | vestigation, or prosecution, or the 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | incarceration of any person for 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | any criminal violation of law; 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(bb) to apprehend, arrest, 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | or prosecute an individual for 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | any criminal violation of law; or 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(cc) to be a firefighter or 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | other first responder.’’. 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | SEC. 3. REPORT ON ALIENS DEPORTED FOR ASSAULTING A 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | On an annual basis, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | rity shall submit to Congress and make publicly available 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | on the website of the Department of Homeland Security 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | a report on the number of aliens who were deported during 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the previous year under section 237(a)(2)(G) of the Immi-20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(G)). 21 |
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